Indirect Procurement Buyer
Are you an experienced Buyer or Procurement Specialist looking to join one of Ireland’s leading retail businesses?
Our client is seeking an experienced Indirect Procurement Buyer to join their growing procurement team. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded procurement professional with strong negotiation skills and experience managing indirect spend. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering cost savings, managing supplier relationships, and driving procurement best practice across a diverse portfolio, with a particular focus on Packaging, Marketing and HR categories. Cork based.
Package
- Generous salary DOE
- Hybrid working model
- Pension
- Career development opportunities
Responsibilities of this Indirect Procurement Buyer job include:
- Develop and implement procurement strategies across a portfolio of indirect spend categories.
- Manage sourcing activities from market analysis through to supplier selection, negotiation and contract award.
- Lead negotiations with suppliers to achieve the best commercial outcomes while ensuring quality and service standards.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities through spend analysis and supplier consolidation initiatives.
- Manage the end-to-end tendering process for assigned procurement categories.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and approval processes across the business.
- Review purchase requisitions and purchase orders to ensure procurement best practice is followed.
- Support contract management by working closely with legal and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor supplier performance, pricing compliance and contract effectiveness while identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
- Produce procurement reports, analyse spend data and contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities.
Experience required for this Indirect Procurement Buyer job includes:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or buying.
- Experience managing indirect procurement categories such as Packaging, Marketing, HR or professional services is highly desirable.
- Proven track record negotiating high-value supplier contracts and delivering commercial savings.
- Strong commercial acumen with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience influencing and building relationships with stakeholders across all levels of an organisation.
- Strong Excel skills and experience working with procurement or ERP systems (Oracle iProc experience would be advantageous).
- Procurement qualification, CIPS accreditation or a relevant business, finance or procurement qualification.
- Highly organised with excellent communication, negotiation and project management skills.
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications, only suitable applicants will be contacted.
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Buyer
My client, Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale business is seeking a commercial and passionate Buyer to join their highly reputable business. In this role, you’ll collaborate with suppliers, marketing, category planning, finance, sales, and operations to create and implement business development plans. You’ll oversee everything from product range and pricing to promotions and supply chain. Northern Ireland based.
Package
- Generous salary doe
- Bonus
- Pension
- Agile Working
- Life Assurance
- Pension
- Staff Discount
Responsibilities of this Buyer include:
- Lead the overall design, development, and execution of your category’s planning and scheduling
- Develop and implement comprehensive business development plans.
- Assess the commercial performance of the current range and identify market trends and opportunities.
- Conduct competitive analysis, reviewing competitor offerings and price positioning and evaluating current pricing and margin performance to ensure profitability.
- Develop and implement targeted promotional strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
- Ensure inbound service levels meet targets and that the business effectively leverages group buying power.
- Gather customer feedback and insights to inform future strategies.
Experience required for this Buyer includes:
- Strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills including strong influencing /negotiation skills.
- Minimum of 2 years experience working within a buying/trading team with responsibility for managing categories or product portfolios
- Experience in data analysis and interpretation
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Buyer
My client, Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale business is seeking a commercial and passionate Buyer to join their highly reputable business. In this role, you’ll collaborate with suppliers, marketing, category planning, finance, sales, and operations to create and implement business development plans. You’ll oversee everything from product range and pricing to promotions and supply chain. Northern Ireland based.
Package
- Generous salary doe
- Bonus
- Pension
- Agile Working
- Life Assurance
- Pension
- Staff Discount
Responsibilities of this Buyer include:
- Lead the overall design, development, and execution of your category’s planning and scheduling
- Develop and implement comprehensive business development plans.
- Assess the commercial performance of the current range and identify market trends and opportunities.
- Conduct competitive analysis, reviewing competitor offerings and price positioning and evaluating current pricing and margin performance to ensure profitability.
- Develop and implement targeted promotional strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
- Ensure inbound service levels meet targets and that the business effectively leverages group buying power.
- Gather customer feedback and insights to inform future strategies.
Experience required for this Buyer includes:
- Strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills including strong influencing /negotiation skills.
- Minimum of 2 years experience working within a buying/trading team with responsibility for managing categories or product portfolios
- Experience in data analysis and interpretation
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
#AISAOI
Buyer
My client, Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale business is seeking a commercial and passionate Buyer to join their highly reputable business. In this role, you’ll collaborate with suppliers, marketing, category planning, finance, sales, and operations to create and implement business development plans. You’ll oversee everything from product range and pricing to promotions and supply chain. Northern Ireland based.
Package
- Generous salary doe
- Bonus
- Pension
- Agile Working
- Life Assurance
- Pension
- Staff Discount
Responsibilities of this Buyer include:
- Lead the overall design, development, and execution of your category’s planning and scheduling
- Develop and implement comprehensive business development plans.
- Assess the commercial performance of the current range and identify market trends and opportunities.
- Conduct competitive analysis, reviewing competitor offerings and price positioning and evaluating current pricing and margin performance to ensure profitability.
- Develop and implement targeted promotional strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
- Ensure inbound service levels meet targets and that the business effectively leverages group buying power.
- Gather customer feedback and insights to inform future strategies.
Experience required for this Buyer includes:
- Strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills including strong influencing /negotiation skills.
- Minimum of 2 years experience working within a buying/trading team with responsibility for managing categories or product portfolios
- Experience in data analysis and interpretation
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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The Role
You will support the day-to-day management of stock and purchasing activities, ensuring the right materials are available at the right time to keep operations running smoothly including:
- Assisting with stock control and inventory tracking
- Supporting purchase orders and delivery follow-ups
- Updating and maintaining accurate stock records
- Helping prepare basic reports using Excel
- Communicating with suppliers regarding deliveries or queries
- Working closely with warehouse, logistics and finance teams
- Learning stock processes, systems and procedures over time
The Ideal Candidate
This role would suit someone at the early stage of their career or recent gradaate who is motivated, organised and eager to learn.
Essential
- Strong work ethic and willingness to learn
- Be comfortable in a fast-paced, sometimes high-pressure environment
- Good attention to detail and ability to take feedback on board
- Excel proficient (comfortable using spreadsheets)
- Clear communication skills and a positive attitude
- Reliable, organised and able to work well as part of a team
Desirable
- Logistics / Supply Chain qualification
- Any exposure to warehouse, logistics, admin or operations environments
Why Apply?
- Excellent entry point into procurement and supply chain
- Full training provided
- Opportunity to grow and develop within the business
- Supportive team environment
- Competitive salary and benefits
DUE TO THE LOCATION – OWN TRANSPORT IS ESSENTIAL
If you’re looking to kick-start your career in supply chain and gain hands-on experience in a busy and supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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Buyer
My client, Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale business is seeking a commercial and passionate Buyer to join their highly reputable business. In this role, you’ll collaborate with suppliers, marketing, category planning, finance, sales, and operations to create and implement business development plans. You’ll oversee everything from product range and pricing to promotions and supply chain. Northern Ireland based.
Package
- Generous salary doe
- Bonus
- Pension
- Agile Working
- Life Assurance
- Pension
- Staff Discount
Responsibilities of this Buyer include:
- Lead the overall design, development, and execution of your category’s planning and scheduling
- Develop and implement comprehensive business development plans.
- Assess the commercial performance of the current range and identify market trends and opportunities.
- Conduct competitive analysis, reviewing competitor offerings and price positioning and evaluating current pricing and margin performance to ensure profitability.
- Develop and implement targeted promotional strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
- Ensure inbound service levels meet targets and that the business effectively leverages group buying power.
- Gather customer feedback and insights to inform future strategies.
Experience required for this Buyer includes:
- Strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills including strong influencing /negotiation skills.
- Minimum of 2 years experience working within a buying/trading team with responsibility for managing categories or product portfolios
- Experience in data analysis and interpretation
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Procurement Administrator Dublin
Excel Recruitment is currently seeking a Procurement Administrator for our client based in South Dublin. This administrator will support commercial management and be the focal point of contact for the procurement team, ensuring that all documentation and related details are entered correctly on to internal systems. This position would suit an experienced administrator who would like to take on more responsibility and grow their career.
Main Responsibilities
- Review all purchase requisitions raised on the ERP system for accuracy
- Set up and manage the administration of new suppliers
- Create and issue PO’s through internal systems
- Reporting on monthly procurement card purchases
- First point of contact for suppliers queries
- Daily management of email client, responding, categorising and responding to queries
- Supporting management through the production of monthly, quarterly and annual reports
- Other ad hoc administration duties as required
Main Requirements
- At least 2 years administration experience in a similar position
- Experience working to strict deadlines
- Good organisational skills and strong attention to detail
- A flexible approach to working with good interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a team environment
- Experience of using finance/accounting system
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good customer service experience with the ability to deal with challenging customers
- Experience in the use of MS Office suite
Main Benefits
- Excellent salary on offer, €28-32k
- Hybrid working – 2 days at home
- Performance based bonus
- Excellent benefits package including Pension and Professional Development support
Should you be interested in this Procurement Administrator, please upload your CV to the link provided or call Laurence Rogers on 01 871 7605. Unfortunately, due to volume, only suitable applicants can be contacted. For more jobs, please visit the Excel Recruitment website
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